Northwest Wyoming hit hardest by prescription drug abuse

Cheyenne, WY – Northwest Wyoming and the Big Horn Basin are leading the state in prescription drug abuse problems. Cody Police Chief Perry Rockvam says that side effects of theprescription drug abuse problems include more secondary crimes,such as home invasions, burglaries, and car thefts. In addition,there is a higher incidence of false crime reports, which takestime away from more productive work the police department could bedoing. Rockvam says that several of his officers have become drugrecognition experts, which helps with the prosecution of drugcrimes that previously fell by the wayside because it would take solong for blood and urine analysis to be completed.